4 Posts found for Author: Oscar Wilde

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

Author: Oscar Wilde | Subject: Psychology | Behavior

It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.

Author: Oscar Wilde | Subjects: Education | Scholarship, Literature | Arts, Personal Improvement, Reading | Writing

In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Author: Oscar Wilde | Subjects: Desires, Life & Society

In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Author: Oscar Wilde | Subjects: Life & Society, Perception | Observation